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Girl on mission to end bullying ‘won’t stop until children’s voices are heard’

Girl on mission to end bullying ‘won’t stop until children’s voices are heard’

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Updated: 8:31 PM EDT Oct 17, 2017

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WEBVTT EACH ANDVERY DAY.-- EVERY DAY.ALEXIS: KIREE AND HER MOTHERSHUNDA KNOW THE MORNING MAD DAALL TOO WELL.LET THE DOGS OUT.BRUSH HER TEETH.GET SOME BREAKFAST.IF SHE IS NOT MOVING ANDSHAKING THINGS UP, SHE FEELSLIKE SHE IS NOT PRODUCTIVE.SHE IS INVOLVED IN A LOT.ALEXIS: FROM THE MOMENT THEY GETUP TO WHEN KIREE WALKS INTOSCHOOL, IT IS TIME TO GO TOWORK.>> I AM TRYING TO LOOSEN UP.ALL MY FRIENDS ARE WATCHING ME.>> I DON'T HAVE TO WRITE HERSPEECHES, NEVER HAVE I DON'THAVE TO TELL HER WHAT TO SAY.SHE IS JUST THAT PERSON.SHE IS THAT PERSON.>> CHILDREN HAVE VOICES TOO ANDWE NEED TO BE HEARD.A LOT OF THINGS THAT AREHAPPENING TO KIDS TODAY AREBECAUSE CHILDREN ARE NOT BEINGLISTENED TCHILDREN ARE BEING BULLIED.CHILDREN ARE BULLIES.ALEXIS: THIS PINT SIZ12-YEAR-OLD HAS A GIANT VOICE.>> HOW MANY OF Y'ALL HAVE BEENTHE BULLY?BE HONEST. ALEXIS: SHE CREATED ANORGANIZATION CALLED SMALL VOICESCOUNT.>> I WAS 10-YEARS-OLD AT THETIME.I CAME UP WITH THE IDEA AT NINEAT FIRST WE WERE TRYING TO GETIT TOGETHER THEN AT 10-YEARS-OLDWE ACTUALLY GOT IT MOVING.>> SHE SAID WE ALL HAVESOMETHING TO SAY AND ADULTS NEEDTO LISTEN TO US.ALEXIS: YEARS LATER BULLYING INCINCINNATI BECAME NATIONALHEADLINES AFTER EIGHT-YEAR-OLDGABRIEL TAYE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.HIS PARENTS CLAIM HE WAS BULLIEDSHORTLY BEFORE HIS SUICIDE.>> AT THAT TIME I WAS LIKE, YOUKNOW WHAT?I AM DEFINITELY NOT GOING TOSTOP NOW, BECAUSE KIDS ARE DOINGTHESE THINGS.ALEXIS: FROM MEETING WITHSTUDENTS ABOUT POSSIBLESOLUTIONS.>> THAT IS A GOOD METHOD.ALSO WHAT YOU CAN DO, HAVE YOUTOLD ANYBODY ABOUT IT?ALEXIS: TO CREATING AN ANNUALFASHION SHOW HIGHLIGHTING KIDSWITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES.THE KIDS WALK THE STAGE ALONGSIDE POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPSWITH PEPOLE WHO CAN HELP ASBULLY FIGHTER ALLIES.>> I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WELL KIDSARE SCARED TOO.NOT ONLY ADULTS ARE UPSETBECAUSE CHILDREN ARE LOSINGTHEIR LIVES.WHAT ABOUT MY FRIENDS?WHAT IF THEY ARE BEING BULLIESAND THEY HAVE NO ONE TO TALK TO.I'M PROUD OF HER.I AM PROUD.SHE IS WALKING IN HER PURPOSE.>> IF YOU ARE BEING BULLIED TELLSOMEBODY.DON'T KEEP IT A SECRET.BECAUSE THAT IS HOW A LOT OFTHINGS IN SOCIETY ARE HAPPENING.ALEXIS: CRIME STOPPERS JUSTHONORED KIREE'S WORK WITH SMALLVOICES COUNT, YOU CAN TELL BYTHE STANDING OVATION SHE WAS A

Girl on mission to end bullying ‘won’t stop until children’s voices are heard’

From the moment Kiree wakes up to when she walks into school, she works on her passion.

"If she is not moving and shaking things up, she feels like she is not productive. She is involved in a lot,” Kiree’s mother, Shonda Moore, said. “I don't have to write her speeches, never have. I don't have to tell her what to say. She is just that person. She is that person."

This pint-size girl has a gigantic voice and she uses it to have tough conversations with children and adults across Cincinnati about bullying and violence.

"Children have voices too and we need to be heard. A lot of things that are happening to kids today are because children are not being listened to. Children are being bullies. Children are bullies,’ Kiree said.

She created an organization called Small Voices Count.

“I was 10 years old at the time. I came up with the idea at 9. At first, we were trying to get it together. Then, at 10 years old, we actually got it moving,” Kiree said.

“She said, ‘We all have something to say and adults need to listen to us,’" Moore said.

Bullying in Cincinnati made national headlines after 8-year-old Gabriel Taye took his own life.

His parents claim he was bullied shortly before his suicide.

“At that time, I was, like, you know what? I am definitely not going to stop now, because kids are doing these things,” Kiree said.

The organization meets with students about possible solutions to the problem of bullying. It also creating an annual fashion show highlighting children with and without disabilities.

Small Voices Count has each student-model walk across the stage alongside police officers and firefighters to build relationships with people who can help as bully-fighting allies.

“I thought to myself, 'Well, kids are scared too. Not only adults are upset because children are losing their lives. What about my friends? What if they are being bullied and they have no one to talk to,” Kiree said. "If you are being bullied, tell somebody. Don't keep it a secret. Because that is how a lot of things in society are happening.”

“I’m proud of her. I am proud. She is walking in her purpose,” Moore said.

Crimestoppers recently honored Kiree's work with Small Voices Count and gave her a standing ovation.

Kiree is excited to host her third annual fashion show with students and first responders.